Caleb's Faith
“And Caleb [...] said to him, ‘[…] I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the...
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Welcome to Graceful Reflections
the official blog of author M.C. Kennedy
mckennedyauthor
- Mar 20
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Great and Terrifying Wilderness
“‘Take care lest you forget the LORD your God […] who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and...
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mckennedyauthor
- Mar 13
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The God Who Goes Before
“‘Yet in spite of this word you did not believe the LORD your God, who went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your...
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mckennedyauthor
- Mar 6
- 2 min
A Mighty Hand
“And the LORD said to Moses, ‘Is the LORD’s hand shortened? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not’” (Numbers...
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mckennedyauthor
- Feb 27
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Sabbath
“‘When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to the LORD. […] You shall now sow your field or prune your...
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mckennedyauthor
- Feb 20
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Waiting and Learning
“Throughout all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out. But if the...
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mckennedyauthor
- Feb 13
- 2 min
God's Friend
“When Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the LORD would speak with...
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- Feb 6
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Great and Glorious
“And on that very day the LORD brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts” (Exodus 12:51). When God sent Moses...
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- Jan 30
- 2 min
Just and Right
“‘Must he then make repayment to suit you, because you reject it?’” (Job 34:33). One of the main themes in the book of Job is that of...
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- Jan 23
- 2 min
Far From Perfect
“So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac” (Genesis...
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- Jan 16
- 2 min
God’s Perfect Timing
“Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. […] Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the...
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- Jan 9
- 2 min
Faith in the Impossible
“Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. And Sarah said, ‘God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears...
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- Jan 2
- 2 min
Magnify
“And Mary said, ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his...
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- Dec 26, 2022
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Man of Sorrows
“He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was...
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- Dec 19, 2022
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New Covenant
“‘For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them,...
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- Dec 12, 2022
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Passed Over
“‘The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will...
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- Dec 5, 2022
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Light
“And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light” (Genesis 1:3). “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not...
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- Nov 28, 2022
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An Earnest Prayer
“‘For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. O Lord, hear; O Lord,...
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- Nov 21, 2022
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Respectful Request
“But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief...
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- Nov 14, 2022
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Unsearchable God
“‘And he said to man, “Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding”’” (Job 28:28). Job’s...
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